Cambrai Push Breaks German Defenses Near Bapaume
British forces advance less than three miles from Cambrai after breaking the final German line at Anneux and Cantaing. About 10,000 prisoners taken by night, with cavalry, tanks, and infantry pushing toward Cambrai as the weeklong offensive widens the British salient along the Arras St Quentin front.
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Novelles
Ruly
Bullecourt
Cambrai
London
Arras- St. Quentin
Reuter
France
F. B. Maurice
War Office
Maurice
Ypres
Wilson to Expand War Plans as Pershing Leads Big Army
Washington reports President Wilson seeks rapid data to grow U S fighting forces beyond earlier plans. General Pershing commands over a million troops in France and across the Atlantic bound for Europe as Lloyd George asks for 1 060 000 men under arms. The war council may switch tactics from artillery to heavy infantry assaults.
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Washington
America
Lloyd George
United States
Congress
Wilson
War Council
France
War Department
Atlantic
Pershing
Germany
Destroyer Chauncey Sunk In Collision With Rose
The destroyer Chauncey was rammed and sunk by the transport Rose in the war zone. Both vessels were without lights. 21 men were lost. The Rose rescued remaining officers and crew and brought them to port.
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Washington
Chauncey
Rose
Navy Department
Sims
Daniels
United States
Hear Express Firms Get Dec Hearing on Rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced a hearing on December 7 to consider applications by express companies seeking a 10 percent rate increase.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Nev
Man Claims He Placed Fire Hazards to Pressure Bankers
Reinhold A. Faust, 52, a Chicago resident, admitted planting two hazardous devices in the Auditorium during the Dinorah performance and demanded 100000 from First National Bank executives James B. Forgan and Frank O. Wetmore. Police report he wrote three threatening letters and planned to frighten investors rather than injure attendees.
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Reinhold A. Faust
Chicago
Faust
Mystery Arrest Follows Claim of Post Office Clerk Grievances
Faust says his troubles arose from a clerk position in the Chicago post office. He claims a race to justice under the Stars and Stripes led him to America at sixteen. Police think unemployment drove him to violence after repeated rejections and land shark losses.
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Faust
Chicago
Stars and Stripes
America
House Reports Satisfactory Interallied Conference Progress
Washington reports Colonel House says arrangements for the interallied conference and the war council are satisfactory. Diplomatic dispatches indicate the United States has secured all points it sought and Britain accepts the council plan. France signals readiness to proceed, while Britain’s press warns America acts for broader aims, not France or Britain.
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Washington
Colonel House
War Council
State Department
United States
Council
Great Britain
France
Clemenceau
London
America
Daily Express
Germany
Kaiser William
England
Lord North
Bomb Found on Second Avenue Elevated Bridge in New York
A large stick of dynamite enclosed in insulated wire with a detonator was found on the center span of the Second Avenue Elevated railroad bridge over the Harlem river. Police say it was intended to explode upon contact with the third rail.
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Harlem Bridge
Second Avenue
New York
Second Avenue Elevated
Harlem River
Manhattan
Bronx
British reach outskirts of Jerusalem in Palestine campaign
British forces pressing the Turkish front in Palestine have reached the outskirts of Jerusalem. Occupation of the Holy City by General Allenby is anticipated with little resistance.
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Outekirég
Holy City
London
Palestine
Jerusalem
Allenby
German barred zone around Azores extends submarine operations
A Berlin memorandum announces a new German marine barrier around the Azores, citing economic and military needs as Germany extends its blockade. The move comes amid reports of U S fortifications at Punta del Gado and aims to threaten Atlantic shipping routes and neutral cargo.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Azores
North Atlantic
United States
Europe
Portugal
Kirchhoff
Neneste Nachrichten
Punta Delgado
Tle
Germany
Great Britain
Berlin Reports No Decisive Big Loss in Cambrai Battle
Army headquarters says the southwest Cambrai fighting continues with no breakthrough for the enemy though they gained slight ground beyond the German front line. It notes wrecked tanks along the Somme area, and mentions German forces pushing the British back to Anneyux and Fontaine on the Scheldt west bank while the British fall back south of Rumilly on the east bank.
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Cambrai
Bullecourt
Berlin
Somme
Scheldt
Anneux
Fontaine
Rumilly
Two Die in $150,000 Osceola Fire
A fire in Osceola Iowa's business district killed two people and seriously injured two others. The disaster caused an estimated 150000 dollars in property damage and is under investigation by local authorities.
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Blazr
Osceola
Rail workers back Wilson on solving wage dispute
After a two hour conference with President Wilson the railroad brotherhood chiefs promise not to suspend service and say they will discuss any proposed solution. They emphasize patriotism and cooperation with the government to reach a just outcome.
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Wilson
Washington
Railroad Brotherhood
Brotherhoods
Messia
Stone
Lee
Carter
Garretson
Railway Brotherhoods
British warship likely recaptures Matunga after Seeadler raid
San Francisco reports Captain McClements of the City of Portland from Rabaul says the British steamer Matunga, believed seized by the Seeadler crew in the South Pacific, has been captured and the last of the raider's crew taken.
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San Francisco
Cal
Matunga
Seeadler
South Pacific Ocean
McClements
City of
Clemenceau Holds Talk With Pershing at War Ministry
Paris reports Premier Ol meetings with General Pershing commander of American forces. The discussion lasted long and was conducted in English, which the new premier speaks fluently.
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Ministry of War
Paris
General Pershing
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